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Parents camp outside school to get children into kindergarten class

Dedicated parents slept outside a school to secure spots for their children at the popular Lincoln Cross Elementary School

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Updated: 2:12 PM EST Mar 4, 2017

Parents camp outside school to get children into kindergarten class

Dedicated parents slept outside a school to secure spots for their children at the popular Lincoln Cross Elementary School

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Updated: 2:12 PM EST Mar 4, 2017

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WEBVTT TH DETAILS.KRISTEN, HOW ARE PARENTS HOLDINGUP?KRISTEN: WE HAVE NOT SEEN MANYOF THEM AWAKE YET.WE MIGHT BE WAKING THEM UP.IN 48 HOURS, THESE FAMILIES WILLBE ABLE TO TURN IN THEIRPAPERWORK, HOPEFULLY SECURING ASPOT IN THE FALL KINDERGARTENCLASS AT LINCOLN CROSSINGELEMENT TREE SCHOOL.110 SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE.IN PAST YEARS, THEY'VE HAD ASMANY AS 150 FAMILIES REGISTERED.THOSE WHO DON'T GET IN WILL BESENT TO SISTER SCHOOLS IN THEDISTRICT.KCRA 3 WAS OUT HERE LAST NIGHT.THE FIRST NIGHT THAT PEOPLESTARTED COMING OUT, PUTTING UPTENTS OUT HERE.THEY DID NOT MIND, IT WAS AGREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOWTHE OTHER FAMILIES .THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSEDFRUSTRATION WITH THE FACT THATTHIS COMMUNITY IS GROWING SOQUICKLY, THE CITY IS NOT KEEPINGUP WITH THEIR NEEDS.THEY HAVE MORE FAMILIES AND NOTENOUGH SCHOOLS.WE SPOKE WITH A SUPERINTENDENTOF THE WESTERN PLACER UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT.IN NOVEMBER, THEY WILL BE ABLETO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL WITHIN THENEXT 2-3 YEARS.FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO CONTINUETO CAMP OUT LIKE THIS TO SECURETHEIR SPOT IN THE CAN OR GARDEN.-- IN AND GOT ENTERED LINCOLNCROSSING IS THE ONLY SCHOOL INTHE DISTRICT WHERE THIS ISHAPPENING.-- THEIR SPOT IN THEKINDERGARTEN.

Parents camp outside school to get children into kindergarten class

Dedicated parents slept outside a school to secure spots for their children at the popular Lincoln Cross Elementary School